障

障 U+969C, 障 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-969C ← 際 [U+969B] CJK Unified Ideographs 隝 → [U+969D]

Translingual

Han character

障 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+11, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 弓中卜廿十 (NLYTJ), four-corner 7024₆, composition ⿰阝章)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1359, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41821
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+969C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		障
alternative forms		鄣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 障
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
章	*kjaŋ
樟	*kjaŋ
彰	*kjaŋ
漳	*kjaŋ
鄣	*kjaŋ
璋	*kjaŋ
嫜	*kjaŋ
獐	*kjaŋ
慞	*kjaŋ
墇	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
障	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
麞	*kjaŋ
蔁	*kjaŋ
暲	*kjaŋ
嶂	*kjaŋs
瘴	*kjaŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kjaŋ, *kjaŋs): semantic 阝 + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhàng (zhang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): zhāng

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoeng³

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): zoeng³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ziang¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chong

  (Hailu, HRS): zhong^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zong⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): zon³
• Northern Min (KCR): cióng
• Eastern Min (BUC): cióng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zyorng⁴ / zyoeng⁴ / zyang⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiòng / chiàng / chiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang³

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jiang³

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tsaon / ⁵tsan / ³tsan / ³tsaon / ¹tsaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàng
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴
    • Yale: jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
    • Palladius: чжан (čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: zhāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoeng³
    • Yale: jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³³/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: zoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søŋ³²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ziang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chong
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhong^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃoŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔŋ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zon³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɒ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cióng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cióng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suɔŋ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyorng⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cio̤̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syɒŋ⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyoeng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syøŋ⁴²/
  • (Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syɐŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioxng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siaŋ¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡siaŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chiòng/chiàng - literary;
• chiong - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ziang³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ²¹³/
• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: jiang³
  • Sinological IPA: /t͡siaŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsaon
    • MiniDict: tsaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɑ̃³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sɑ̃³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sɒ̃³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsan
    • MiniDict: tsan^去
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sæ̃³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sã³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sã⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sã³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sɑŋ⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Changzhou, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ³tsan
    • MiniDict: tsan^上
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡saŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡saŋ³³⁵/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ³tsaon
    • MiniDict: tsaon^上
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sɒŋ³³⁵/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsaon
    • MiniDict: tsaon^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sɔ̃⁵²/

Note:

• Shaoxing:
  • 3tsan - literary;
  • 3tsaon - vernacular.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡san⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyang, tsyangH

Rime
Character	障	障
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸良切	之亮切
Baxter	tsyang	tsyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/	/t͡ɕɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/	/cɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/	/t͡ɕiaŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng	zhàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng1	zoeng3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/, /*kjaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	障	障
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16827	16831
Phonetic component	章	章
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	章	障
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/	/*kjaŋs/

Definitions

障

1. to block; to separate; to cut off
2. to obstruct; to shield; to barricade
3. obstacle; barrier; impediment
4. to safeguard; to protect
5. screen; curtain
6. (historical) frontier fortification
7. alternative form of 瘴 (zhàng, “miasma”)
8. alternative form of 幛 (zhàng, “large scroll”)

Compounds

• 三障
• 二障
• 亭障
• 保障 (bǎozhàng)
• 內障 / 内障 (nèizhàng)
• 凝血障礙 / 凝血障碍
• 孽障 (nièzhàng)
• 孽障種子 / 孽障种子
• 屏障 (píngzhàng)
• 惡障 / 恶障
• 意識障礙 / 意识障碍
• 扳障
• 故障 (gùzhàng)
• 智障 (zhìzhàng)
• 板障 (bǎnzhàng)
• 業障 / 业障 (yèzhàng)
• 步障
• 殘障 / 残障 (cánzhàng)
• 災障 / 灾障 (zāizhàng)
• 煙燄障天 / 烟焰障天
• 熱障 / 热障
• 理障
• 發音障礙 / 发音障碍 (fāyīn zhàng'ài)
• 白內障 / 白内障 (báinèizhàng)
• 綠內障 / 绿内障 (lǜnèizhàng)
• 纏障 / 缠障
• 罪障
• 聽力障礙 / 听力障碍
• 聽障 / 听障 (tīngzhàng)
• 肢體殘障 / 肢体残障
• 行障
• 路障 (lùzhàng)
• 身心障礙 / 身心障碍 (shēnxīn zhàng'ài)
• 障塞
• 障子
• 障泥
• 障眼法
• 障礙 / 障碍 (zhàng'ài)
• 障礙物 / 障碍物 (zhàng'àiwù)
• 障礙賽跑 / 障碍赛跑
• 障翳
• 障蔽 (zhàngbì)
• 青紗障 / 青纱障
• 音障 (yīnzhàng)
• 風障 / 风障
• 魔障 (mózhàng)

Japanese

Kanji

障

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. damage, harm, hinder
2. to safeguard, to protect

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: さわる (sawaru, 障る, Jōyō)^{←さはる (safaru, 障る, historical)}、へだてる (hedateru, 障てる)、ふせぐ (fusegu, 障ぐ)

Korean

Hanja

障 (eumhun 막을 장 (mageul jang))

1. hanja form^? of 장 (“block”)

Compounds

• 장애 (障礙, jang'ae, “obstacle; barrier; hurdle”)
• 장벽 (障壁, jangbyeok, “a barrier, an obstruction”)

Vietnamese

Han character

障: Hán Nôm readings: chướng

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